Rowing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Dates 14 – 27 August 1900
Medal Events 5
Non-medal Events 13

The rowing events at the 1900 Paris Exposition were noted to be very popular, with large crowds gathering on the Seine to watch. With the exception of the Vesper Boat Club (Philadelphia) eight, the rowing competition was completely a European championship. Britain was poorly represented, as their best sculler, Mr. C. V. Fox, entered but withdrew. Great Britain did not have an eight, or any multi-oared boat, being represented only by the sculler, St. George Ashe, but he was not of the top British calibre.

The French, naturally, entered numerous competitors, but they were challenged by top oarsmen from both The Netherlands and Germany. Belgium had a good eight entered, while Italy and Spain had a few scattered rowers competing. Although only five events can be considered to be Olympic events, there were other events open to junior oarsmen.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Single Sculls, Men Olympic 25 – 26 August 1900 12 3
Coxed Pairs, Men Olympic 25 – 26 August 1900 16 3
Coxed Fours (1), Men Olympic 26 August 1900 15 2
Coxed Fours (2), Men Olympic 25 – 27 August 1900 46 4
Eights, Men Olympic 25 – 26 August 1900 44 5
99 (99/0) 7 (7/0)

Non-medal events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Coxless Pairs, Boys Olympic (non-medal) 25 – 26 August 1900 22 2
Coxless Fours, Boys Olympic (non-medal) 25 – 26 August 1900 32 3
Coxless Fours (Novices), Boys Olympic (non-medal) 25 – 26 August 1900 24 2
Eights, Boys Olympic (non-medal) 26 August 1900 25 2
Single Sculls (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 3 1
Coxed Pairs (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 6 1
Coxed Fours (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 12 1
Single Pleasure Boat (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 3 1
French Skiffs, Coxed Pairs (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 9 1
Canoes (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 0 0
French Skiffs, Coxless Fours (Instructors of Gymnastics School Joinville-le-Pont), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 12 1
Coxless Fours, Outriggers (National), Men Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 8 1
Lightweight Coxless Pairs, Mixed Olympic (non-medal) 14 August 1900 2 1
118 (117/1) 3 (3/1)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single Sculls, Men Hermann BarreletFRA André GaudinFRA St George AsheGBR
Coxed Pairs, Men Minerva AmsterdamNED Societé Nautique de la MarneFRA Rowing Club CastillonFRA
Coxed Fours, Men Cercle de l'Aviron RoubaixFRA Club Nautique de LyonFRA Favorite HammoniaGER
Coxed Fours, Men Germania Ruder Club, HamburgGER Minerva AmsterdamNED Ludwigshafener Ruder VereinGER
Eights, Men Vesper Boat ClubUSA Royal Club Nautique de GandBEL Minerva AmsterdamNED

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
France FRA 2 3 1 6
Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 0 2 3
United States USA 1 0 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1